Calling the INDIA bloc an alliance of parties run by seven families, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday and said that the Opposition alliance is run by parties who made "money from scams," adding that electing Prime Minister Narendra Modi again is a guarantee of a developed India.
Women in Sandeshkhali have been up in arms over the last few days over alleged atrocities committed on them by TMC leader Sheikh Shajahan and his aides.
West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday, hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stating that "she is a cruel lady." He also alleged that the West Bengal CM lodged 42 cases against him.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) State Ministers Sujit Bose and Partha Bhowmik interacted with the locals of Sandeshkhali on Saturday. West Bengal Irrigation Minister Partha Bhowmick said that not a single woman has raised the issue of assault.
Mahila Morcha National President Vanathi Srinivasan and BJP leader Agnimitra Paul along with party workers held a candlelight march from College Square to Thanthania Kalibari in Kolkata, demanding justice for victims in Sandeshkhali on Saturday.
Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi on Saturday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and alleged of securing her aide Sheikh Shahjahan amid various allegations of land grabbing and atrocities against women.
Reacting to West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's statement that Trinamool Congress is in a dilemma over the alliance, TMC MP Santanu Sen said that Adhir Chowdhury should first clear his stand whether he is against BJP or engage in giving oxygen to the BJP.
Claiming that the ruling Trinamool Congress is in a "dilemma" over the alliance, West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said the grand old party will contest the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the state alone.
"A few weeks ago, the TMC Chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated that TMC is fighting all the 42 seats in Bengal. We are also in the fray in a few seats in Assam and the Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya. There is no change in this position," TMC Rajya Sabha MP Dere